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Chapter 24: Going to the party

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Caroline POV

Two days later…

The room was filled with laughter and excitement of the maids as they fluttered around me like butterflies, fluffing fabrics, adjusting pins, and dabbing powders onto my skin with brushes that smelled like roses and luxury.

“There! Hold still, Miss Caroline,” one of them giggled, adjusting the neckline of the deep crimson silk dress that fit like sin. “You look like a fire fairy dream. No, like trouble.”

They all laughed again, and I tried my best to join their giggling group. I really tried, but no.

I couldn’t.

Bianca sat beside the window, pretending to read a fashion magazine, but her eyes darted to me every few seconds. She was trying in her own way. I knew it.

She was trying to keep things light and keep my mind away from all the weight of attending this damn party. And the fact that Xavier hadn’t returned for two whole days.

No call. No message. Not even a damn note. He had just disappeared after the night we had.

It gnawed at me like acid every tim
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